What is the best way to increase the traffic to my website. I wouldn't mind paying a little bit. But I'm not really selling any products so I don't think pay per click ads would be appropriate.
Umm...
Not to be too blunt, but you really need to have something to offer on your site before you try to start publicizing it. There's no information there, just a blank web site.
ok, but most of my site needs users. chat, wiki, forum and videos.
But it's unlikely you'll get a random group of strangers to all click on a blank site and start chatting...
You need some content or a theme to get them interested.
We're all here because we own/have owned/are thinking about owning a Mac. There's a common interest to the site.
You need to find something that you're interested in and try to find other like-minded people to join you. A few articles on the subject should get you higher up the Google rankings and get you more new members
If the forum is an important part of your site you might want to cut down on the amount of categories to start off. You can always move content to other categories later. For example instead of listing all the consoles just have "Console Gaming" and a "PC gaming". That way it will look busier.
Then before you go out and try to promote your site. Try and get as many people as you know family and friends to start posting. That way when you finally start to advertise it won't look empty. People don't like empty forums. Hope that helps a little bit.
Umm...
Not to be too blunt, but you really need to have something to offer on your site before you try to start publicizing it. There's no information there, just a blank web site.